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Where does “grogner” come from?

grogner (French) comes from Old French gronir, from Latin grunnio — I grunt.

grogner (French): to grunt; to growl, to snarl

Definitions

  1. to grunt; to growl, to snarl

Ancestry of “grogner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgronir—
2LatingrunnioI grunt

Words derived from “grogner”

  • grognard
  • grognement
  • grognard
Every word from Latin grunnio →